Soapy Smith's real name was Jefferson R. Smith.  Soapy's main occupation was robbing people of their gold.  At times, he and his gang would kill miners to get their gold.  Soapy was killed by Frank Reid, in 1898 when he was 38 years old.

This is Soapy Smith's gang

Alaska State Library photograph PCA 39-843 Soapy Smith gang of Skagway, Alaska (Case & Draper)

This is Soapy Smith in his saloon